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Des Moines Arts Festival

Des Moines-based silkscreen printer Neil O. Ward is one of many Iowa artists featured at the Des Moines Arts Festival, held annually at the beginning of the summer. This year, Ward and other local artists are part of The Invitational Art Fair, a brand-new fall event hosted by ARTSwork.
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The organizers of the Des Moines Arts Festival are launching a new fine art fair in central Iowa this weekend. The Invitational Art Fair will feature 45 artists and six musical acts at the Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines Nov. 6-7.
The Des Moines Arts Festival.
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